A catalogue of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike goldfields and adjacent areas, Yukon Territory

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1386-1418

  Preece, S J ^a   Westgate, J A ^a   Froese, D G ^b   Pearce, N J G ^c   Perkins, W T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAKITES; AGE DETERMINATION; ALEUTIAN ARC; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GLASS SHARDS; LATE CENOZOIC; RHYOLITIC; VOLCANIC FIELD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; LIBRARIES; PETROGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

TEACHING;

AGE DETERMINATION; CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; DACITE; DATA SET; GOLD; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; RHYOLITE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; CANADA; KLONDIKE; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 79953019079     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e10-110     Document Type: Article

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